Non-Fiction 10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War Presents a collection of illustrated photographs and maps depicting the war in Vietnam from its beginning under French control to the fall of Saigon in 1975, and contains accounts from soldiers and civilians, profiles of those involved, the role of women on the battlefield, and more.
Across America on an Emigrant train Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America. Includes archival photographs.
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Profiles thirteen women who challenged social norms and government policies to prove they could be exceptional astronauts.
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Traces the life of female aviator Amelia Earhart from her childhood to her final flight, discusses the extensive search for her and her missing plane, and includes photographs, maps, handwritten notes by Amelia, and sidebars.
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope Jenna Bush presents a nonfiction account of Ana, a young Latin American mother, who shared with Bush the loss of her parents to AIDS, abuse from her grandmother and aunt, and of her own battle with AIDS.
Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor’s Memoir
Behind Enemy Lines: A Young Pilot’s Story Presents the true story of Howard DeMallie, a young American pilot who, along with his crew were forced to bail out of their B-17 over occupied Holland during World War II, helped by the Dutch underground, and imprisoned in a German prisoner of war camp.
Ben Franklin’s Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman’s Life Brings together eighteenth century etchings, artifacts, and quotations to create the effect of a scrapbook of the life of Benjamin Franklin.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place The author recounts his harrowing experiences of being trapped for six days in Blue John Canyon in Utah and having to amputate his own right arm in order to save his life.
Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust Provides detailed accounts of twenty-one acts of defiance committed against Nazis in Nazi-occupied countries during World War II.
Big Bad Ironclad: A Civil War Steamship Showdown Time-traveling Nathan Hale tells the story of the Civil War naval battle between two ironclad ships: the United States' Monitor and the Confederate Merrimack. Includes a time line of the real William B. Cushing's experiences in the Civil War.
Bill Peet: An Autobiography The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine American soldiers who were trapped in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993.
Black & White: The Confrontation Between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor Provides an account of the confrontation between civil rights activist Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth, and Birmingham, Alabama, police chief Eugene "Bull" Connor, who was determined to keep the city's schools, parks, workplaces, and public facilities segregated.
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 Provides an account of the disaster that occurred on December 6, 1917, when two ships carrying munitions and relief supplies to Europe collided, causing an explosion that leveled the towns of Halifax and Dartmouth and resulted in the deaths of nearly two thousand people.
Blizzard!: The Storm that Changed America Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.
Bloody Times: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis Discusses how Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, was blamed for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and describes how the hunt for Davis continued even after Lincoln's body was put in its final resting place.
Bodies from the Ash Describes the archaeological excavations that began on the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum which had been buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79.
Bodies from the Bog Describes the discovery of prehistoric bog bodies in northern Europe and the evidence which their remains reveal about themselves and the civilizations in which they lived.
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past Examines the science of glaciers and looks at some of the discoveries of the past that have been made as the ice masses move and melt, including the preserved frozen remains of Otzi, the oldest human mummy ever found in ice, believed to be at least 5,300 years old.
Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon Examines the history of the atomic bomb, discussing the discovery of the behavior of uranium when placed next to radioactive material, the race to build a bomb, and the impact of the weapon on societies around the world.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind African teenager William Kamkwamba explored science books in his village library when he was forced to drop out of school, and was able to change his family's life by creating a windmill to pump water for his family's farm.
The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily and Anne An exploration of the lives of the Bronte sisters and the time in which they lived.
The Century that Was: Reflections on the Last One Hundred Years A collection of essays by well-known authors for young people, reflecting on various aspects of life in twentieth-century America, including politics, the environment, sports, fashion, and civil rights.
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Recounts the twelve-day pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth, covering the chase through Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, with a discussion of Abraham Lincoln as a father, husband, and friend that examines the impact of his death on those close to him.
The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese American Internment Camp: Based on a Classroom Diary The diary of a third-grade class of Japanese-American children being held with their families in an internment camp during World War II.
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter The author tells the story of her painful childhood in China where she lived until the age of fourteen with her father, stepmother, and siblings, all of whom considered her bad luck because her mother died shortly after giving birth to her.
Curse of the Pharaohs: My Adventures With Mummies Zahi A. Hawass, currently in charge of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, tells true stories of archaeology and Egypt's treasures.
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories A collection of true spy stories from throughout the history of the United States, discussing personalities, missions, traitors, technological advances, and more.
Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist The memoirs of a noted forensic scientist who has helped to unravel numerous investigative mysteries, including the investigations of the remains of conquistador Francisco Pizarro, President Zachary Taylor, and the family of Czar Nicholas II.
Deadly Invaders: Virus Outbreaks from Around the World
The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story Chronicles the reaction of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to the September 11 attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks, focusing on USAMRIID's top virologist, Peter Jahrling, and his work to combat the possible development of a superpox virus by terrorists worldwide.
Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration Chronicles the reaction of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to the September 11 attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks, focusing on USAMRIID's top virologist, Peter Jahrling, and his work to combat the possible development of a superpox virus by terrorists worldwide.
The Diary of a Young Girl The diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl who died in a concentration camp during World War II.
Donner Dinner Party Presents in graphic novel format the experiences of the Donner Party, a group of eighty-seven individuals that headed West from Illinois in 1846, became trapped in a snowstorm, and was forced to take desperate measures to stay alive.
Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Search for the Smallpox Vaccine Chronicles Dr. Edward Jenner's efforts to discover a vaccine for the smallpox virus and explains how his discovery impacted the world.
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices Looks at over fifty emerging and established contemporary Native American artists.
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe Recounts the true story of Kamila Sidiqi, a woman who was forced to support herself and her five siblings after the Taliban seized control of the city of Kabul and her father and brothers fled the country.
Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany During the Great Depression, Eleanor's family moves from America to Germany, but the war breaks out as her family is crossing the Atlantic, and for years Eleanor struggles to keep her American identity despite the turbulence and upheaval around her.
Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates Discusses the unearthing of four hominins--Turkana Boy, Lapedo Child, Kennewick Man, and Iceman--and the ways that new technology has helped archaeological specialists to refine their theories and change their view of the past.
Everybody’s Revolution: A New Look at the People Who Won America’s Freedom Explores the variety of people who participated in the Revolutionary War, including immigrants from all over the world, African-Americans, Native Americans, and women.
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never seen before. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking - suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world. This book explains it. Using politics, psychology, and history for attitude, Eyes Wide Open shows how to see the principles driving events and attitudes, from vested interests to denial to big-country syndrome. Here's the briefing you need to comprehend the twenty-first century.
Faces from the Past: Forgotten People of North America Describes the discovery of bodies in North America from fifteen to twenty thousand years ago, and discusses the evidence their remains reveal about themselves and the civilizations in which they lived.
The Fairy Ring, or, Elsie and Frances Fool the World Relates the story of Francis and Elsie, cousins who concocted a story and photographs about fairies because nobody believed Francis could see the tiny men and were surprised when their photographs were found by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who truly believed in fairies.
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia Details the history of Russia's last royal family, the Romanovs.
Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary Tells the true story of the woman who unwittingly spread deadly bacteria, the epidemiologist who discovered her trail of infection, and the health department that decided her fate. This gripping story follows this tragic disease as it shatters lives from the early twentieth century to today.
Father Abraham: Lincoln and his sons Photographs and text explore the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his sons, Eddy, Willis, Tad, and Robert, the only son to live past the age of eighteen.
Fatty Legs: A True Story Margaret Pokiak-Fenton tells the story of her experiences as an eight-year-old Inuit girl in a church-run school in Aklavik, Canada, where her strong will made her the target of a mean-spirited nun.
Fields of Fury: The American Civil War Richly illustrated with photographs, paintings, and maps, this book examines the causes, events and effects of the American Civil War.
The Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. Tells the story of a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors.
Five Thousand Years of Slavery Chronicles the history of slavery around the world over the course of five thousand years, and includes personal accounts, photographs, maps, and suggestions for further reading.
Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and its Legacy Provides a detailed account of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers in 1911, and examines the impact of this event on the nation's working conditions and labor laws.
Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football’s Make-or-Break Moment Contains an in-depth examination of the head and brain injuries that are on the rise among football players.
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement Recounts the freedom ride of John Lewis and Jim Zwerg into the South in 1961 as part of the Civil Rights Movement. Freedom Song: Young Voices and the Struggle for Civil Rights
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Presents the story of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 and the major persons and events that contributed to the year-long struggle for equal rights on Montgomery's city buses.
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War Examines how George Washington used espionage during the American Revolutionary War, discussing the Culper Ring, the Sons of Liberty, codes, ciphers, and more.
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
The Giant and How He Humbugged America A description of the Cardiff Giant mystery in which a man in upstate New York buried a ten-foot-tall, petrified model of a man, which was discovered by well diggers a year later, and set into motion a money-making spectacle.
Good Brother, Bad Brother: The story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth Tells the life stories of nineteenth-century actor Edwin Booth and his actor brother John Wilkes Booth, describing the differences between the two men, chronicling John's assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and examining the impact of John's crime on the Booth family for decades afterward.
The Great War: Stories inspired by Items from the First World War A collection of short stories inspired by objects connected with World War I in remembrance of the sixteen million people who died in the war.
Growing up in Coal Country Describes what life was like, especially for children, in coal mines and mining towns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine The true stories of ten scientists and medical researchers that have endured extreme hardship and discomfort in order to test new discoveries and inventions in the fields of medicine and science.
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans Examines the history of the United States, focusing on events that influenced African-Americans and how they advanced liberty and justice in America.
Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler’s Shadow A photo-illustrated look at the youth organizations Adolf Hitler founded and used to meet his sociopolitical and military ends; includes profiles of individual Hitler Youth members as well as young people who opposed the Nazis, such as Hans and Sophie Scholl.
The Horrors of Andersonville: Life and Death Inside a Civil War Prison Tells the story of Andersonville, a Civil War prison camp in Georgia where thousands of Union prisoners died in the last fourteen months of the war, drawing from a variety of documents to consider whether the prison's commandant, Captain Henry Wirz, was justifiably convicted and hanged.
The Hot Zone Tells the dramatic story of U.S. Army scientists and soldiers who worked to stop the outbreak of a deadly and extremely contagious virus in 1989.
How I Discovered Poetry A powerful and thought-provoking Civil Rights era memoir from one of America’s most celebrated poets.
How the Beatles Changed the World When the Beatles burst onto the scene in 1964, they charmed the public with their mop-top haircuts, their playful wit, and their sweetly romantic rock songs--igniting Beatlemania, an intense fandom unlike any before. Their growth as musicians ultimately changed rock and roll into a respected art form--but their conquest of the music world was just the beginning. The band's hit movies changed the way films are made, even to this day.
How to be like Mike: Life Lessons about Basketball’s Best The author identifies the eleven characteristics of basketball star Michael Jordan that he believes account for Jordan's greatness on and off the court, and shares related anecdotes and quotes collected in over 1,500 interviews.
The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain’s Journey Sea captain Linda Greenlaw tells the story of a grueling thirty-day swordfishing voyage during which she and her five-man crew encountered savage weather, equipment failure, and sharks, along with the routine work of operating a fishing boat; and discusses other aspects of her unusual career.
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats Presents approximately two hundred color photos of thirty families from twenty-four countries and the foods they eat over the course of one week, and discusses their eating habits; shopping, farming, fishing, or hunting practices; and cooking methods. Each profile includes a family recipe.
I am Scout: the Biography of Harper Lee An exploration of the life and achievements of Harper Lee that discusses her Southern upbringing, education, family, writing of "To Kill a Mockingbird," association with Truman Capote, and personality.
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler’s List Survivor The author tells of her experiences in eight concentration camps as a young Jewish woman in World War II Germany, and shares the story of how she and her husband met and fell in love in spite of their situation, and how they were saved by being put on the list to work at Oskar Schindler's factory.
I’ll Pass for Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War Profiles the lives and service of a number of women who disguised themselves as men and fought during the Civil War.
Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II Examines the American internment of Japanese Americans and immigrants in concentration camps during World War II, and the struggle of internees to rebuild their lives after they were freed at the end of the war.
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust.
In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers Provides profiles of over two hundred potential careers for women, discussing education, training, salary, stress levels, and dress code; and includes interviews with women in the professions.
Into the West: From Reconstruction to the Final Days of the American Frontier Explores U.S. history in the decades following the Civil War, focusing on Reconstruction and the movement of settlers into the West, presenting personal accounts, discussing political developments, and examining the experiences of cowboys, Native Americans, women, and other groups of people in the West.
Into the Wild Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation four months later. Attempts to discover what led the young man to that point.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-ending Search for a Cure Discusses the history of tuberculosis and the attempts to find a cure.
It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life Champion cyclist Lance Armstrong describes his triumph over cancer.
Jefferson’s Children: The Story of One American Family Shannon Lanier traces his family's relationship to Thomas Jefferson and discusses how his African-American ancestors learned they were related to Jefferson.
Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese-American Evacuation Eleven-year-old Yuki and her Japanese-American family are uprooted from their home and put in a concentration camp called Topaz.
Kennedy’s Last Days: The Assassination that Defined a Generation Recounts in gripping detail the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and how a sequence of gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent the nation into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka Presents a memoir of what it was like to grow up in the 1950s and other almost true stories by American children's author Jon Scieszka.
Lafayette and the American Revolution Examines the role of the Marquis de Lafayette in the American Revolution, discussing how the nineteen-year-old defied the king of France to join the fight for liberty in the United States.
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust The true story of Immaculee Ilibagizawho endured the murder of her family as a result of genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and how she was able to later forgive those who had killed them.
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary A dual biography of Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary, using photographs, letters, engravings, and cartoons to look at their childhoods, courtship, marriage, children, and other joys and traumas of their years together, including their deaths.
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers A fictionalized account of how counterfeiter Benjamin Boyd's gang stole the body of Abraham Lincoln and demanded Boyd's release from jail and two hundred thousand dollars as ransom and the efforts of the Secret Service to recover the remains.
Lincoln’s Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever Provides an account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, discussing how actor John Wilkes Booth and his fellow Confederate sympathizers hatched their murderous plot, and following the ensuing manhunt, trials, and executions of the conspirators.
The Long Road to Gettysburg Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway.
The Longitude Prize The story of John Harrison, inventor of watches and clocks, who spent forty years working on a time-machine which could be used to accurately determine longitude at sea.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Explores neurological disorders and their effects upon the minds and lives of those affected.
Manhunt: The Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer Offers an hour-by-hour account of the search for John Wilkes Booth in the days following his assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
The Many Rides of Paul Revere Chronicles Paul Revere's life, describing his childhood as the son of a French immigrant, his work as a silversmith, and his roles in the American Revolution.
Miles to go for Freedom: Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years Describes the lives of African Americans during the Jim Crow years, a period of legal segregation and discrimination from the 1890s through the 1950s, including photographs and interviews with African Americans who were young during this time and other primary resources.
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 Chronicles a year in the life of Rufa Red Knot B95, also called Moonbird, following him through his migration pattern and discussing the environmental problems that caused the Rufa population to collapsed by nearly eighty percent.
Most Dangerous The story of Daniel Ellsberg and his decision to steal and publish secret documents about America's involvement in the Vietnam War
Mr. Lincoln’s High-tech War: How the North used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Iron-clads, High-powered Weapons, and More to win the Civil War Examines how Abraham Lincoln's interest in technology played a role in the outcome of the Civil War; and explains how the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, and other inventions helped the North win the war and rebuild the economy.
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker: The Unlikely Friendship of Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Todd Lincoln Examines the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley, who offered Mrs. Lincoln support during her years in the White House and after Lincoln's assassination, and explores how Elizabeth's revelations impacted the nation's impressions of Mary.
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi Presents the history of the group of spies, Holocaust survivors, and lawyers who pursued Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi war criminal, for fifteen years in order to bring him to justice for his leadership role in the killing of thousands of Jews during World War II.
The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans Explores the use of ocean waves as a renewable energy source.
No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa In their own words, a variety of teenagers from South Africa talk about their years growing up under apartheid, and about the changes now occurring in their country.
Not Without My Daughter The true story of Betty Mahmoody's desperate struggle to survive and to escape with her daughter from the alien and frightening culture of Iran.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secret’s Behind What You Eat Examines the origins of the different food chains that have sustained humans throughout history, discussing how certain foods and cuisines have become a popular part of people's daily diets.
Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience Presents a collection of letters, stories, poems, reminiscences, and artwork in which Japanese Americans who were uprooted from their homes after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and forced into internment camps, express their feelings about the experience.
Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Life Presents a collection of illustrated photographs and stories representing the life and career of Eleanor Roosevelt, and examines her White House years, her years as a delegate to the United Nations, and more.
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science The true story of Phineas Gage, whose brain had been pierced by an iron rod in 1848, and who survived and became a case study in how the brain functions.
Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War Presents an account of the Civil War using photographs taken under the direction of Mathew B. Brady, a famous New York photographer of the day, and provides information on the life and times of Brady as well as the Civil War.
Poop Happened: A History of the World from the Bottom Up Chronicles the evolution of waste disposal throughout the ages and answers a variety of related questions.
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights Describes the fifty black sailors who refused to work in unsafe and unfair conditions after an explosion in Port Chicago killed 320 servicemen, and how the incident influenced civil rights.
The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine Presents a biography of Daisy Bates, examining her accomplishments as a civil rights activist, journalist, and organizer, and discussing her role as mentor to the nine African-American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
“The President Has Been Shot!”: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy Looks at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and related events, including his funeral and the apprehension of his killer.
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures.
The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence Describes philosophical, political, and economic shifts around the world that led to what John Adams called the "real revolution" in America--changes in the American mindset--and explains how these changes brought about the explosive events that set off the Revolutionary War.
Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat In 1914, pellagra, a disease once unheard of in America, was marking thousands with its distinct butterfly-shaped rash. Epidemiologist Joseph Goldberger was tasked with finding a cure.
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution The author tells about the happy life she led in China up until she was twelve-years-old when her family became a target of the Cultural Revolution, and discusses the choice she had to make between denouncing her father and breaking with her family, or refusing to speak against him and losing her future in the Communist Party.
The Saga of Lewis and Clark: Into the Uncharted West An illustrated chronicle of the Lewis and Clark expedition, featuring excerpts from the journals of expedition members, photographs of equipment, sketches of animals and plant species recorded during the voyage, and other remembrances of the journey.
A Savage Thunder: Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom Discusses the bloody battle of Antietam, in which General George B. McClellan faced off against General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in Maryland in September of 1862.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend Describes how three men worked together to turn a rough-hewn, undersized horse into one of the fastest horses in racing history.
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley Tells the story of the "H. L. Hunley," the Confederate submarine that in 1864 became the first to ever sink an enemy ship but lay missing on the ocean floor for more than a century, describing its creation, its discovery, skeletons and objects found onboard, and facial reconstructions of several crew members by forensic anthropologists.
She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall Misty Bernall, mother of one of the teenagers killed at Columbine High School, tells the story of her daughter's life, describing how Cassie had, at one point, started down a troubled path before dedicating her life to God, and sharing the details of the moment when Cassie's affirmation of faith resulted in her death.
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
Sir Charlie Chaplin: The Funniest Man in the World Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Charlie Chaplin, describing the silent film star and director's impoverished childhood in London and his rise to fame in Hollywood and within the film industry.
Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 A comprehensive review of the events, personalities, and mistakes behind the Stock Market Crash of 1929, featuring photographs, newspaper articles, and cartoons of the day.
Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution The author reveals the events of her life from age twelve to adulthood when the cultural revolution of Mao Zedong destroyed family customs and life as they knew it.
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to get Back on the Board Bethany Hamilton shares the story of her lifelong love of surfing, and tells how she was able to recover and return to competition with the help of her family, friends, and faith after losing her arm in a shark attack at the age of thirteen.
Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate Presents a group of interconnected stories that come together in the 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan, following the two Cleveland teenagers who invented Superman as a defender of the powerless, the people who made Superman a media sensation, and the club that spread fear and hate.
Team Moon: How 400,000 people landed Apollo 11 on the Moon Chronicles the Apollo 11 mission, the spaceflight that landed the first man on Earth's moon on July 20, 1969, emphasizing the contributions and reactions of the thousands of people who made the mission successful.
Ten Days a Madwoman
A biography of Nellie Bly, the pioneering journalist whose showy but substantive stunts skyrocketed her to fame and how she feigned madness and was committed to the insane asylum on Blackwell's Island.
Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick man and the Paleoamerican World Explores the discovery and identification of the Kennewick Man, a nine thousand year old skeleton whose remains were found in a river bed in Washington State in 1996.
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace – One School at a Time Greg Mortenson recounts the experiences he had while trying to help impoverished villages in Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya build schools for their children.
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster Draws on stories from survivors and archival photographs to describe the history of the "Titanic" from its launch to its sinking.
Tom Thumb: The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature Chronicles the life of Charles S. Stratton, who stopped growing about six months after his birth in 1838 and began performing as a curiosity named Tom Thumb, including discussion regarding ethical questions about exploitation.
Tommy: The Gun that Changed America Presents the history of the Thompson submachine gun, discussing its development by John Taliaferro Thompson and its use in World War II and by gangsters including Al Capone and John Dillinger.
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting Tells the story of the December 25, 1914 truce between German and British soldiers as they laid down their weapons and met in No Man's Land to celebrate Christmas.
True Stories Presents ten true stories that include essays, biographies, and travelogues.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
The Upstairs Room A Dutch Jewish girl describes the two-and-one-half years she spent in hiding in the upstairs bedroom of a farmer's house during World War II.
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights Tells the life story of singer Marian Anderson, describing her famous 1939 Lincoln Memorial performance and explaining how she helped end segregation in the American arts after being refused the right to perform at Washington's Constitution Hall because of the color of her skin.
Want Fries with That?: Obesity and the Supersizing of America Examines the seriousness of obesity in America, and provides data and statistics on the number one cause of heart disease.
We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball Explores the history of Negro League baseball teams, discussing owners, players, hardships, wins, and losses.
We Refused to Die: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Bataan and Japan Nineteen year old Idaho ranch kid, Gene Jacobson, decided to join the Army Air Corps. Five months later he was a captive of the Imperial Japanese Army, enduring the Bataan death march and subsequent horrors as a slave laborer in the Philippines and Japan. Of the 207 officers and men who made up Jacobsen's squadron at the beginning of the war, sixty-five survived to return to the United States. We Refused to Die recounts Jacobsen's struggle, against all odds, to remain one of those sixty-five men.
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History Draws from first-person accounts, journals, interviews and other primary sources to tell the true stories of over seventy young people from a variety of cultures who played a role in the making of the United States, including explorers, patriots, rebels, slaves, miners, and activists.
We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March Tells the astonishing events before, during, and after the little-known story of the 4,000 black elementary-, middle-, and high school students who voluntarily went to jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in May 1963. Fulfilling Mahatma Gandhi's and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s precept to fill the jails, they succeeded where adults had failed in desegregating one of the most racially violent cities in America.
What Are You?: Voices of Mixed-Race Young People Many young people of racially mixed backgrounds discuss their feelings about family relationships, prejudice, dating, personal identity, and other issues.
Wild Heart: The Story of Joy Adamson, Author of Born Free Chronicles the life and work of Joy Adamson, who is best known for her relationship with a lion cub, described in her book "Born Free."
Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem An illustrated history of the witch hunts that took place in colonial-era Salem, Massachusetts, featuring primary source accounts, and describing the victims, accused witches, corrupt officials, and impact of the events on society.
A Woman in the House and Senate: How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country Profiles a number of the women who have served in the United States Congress.
Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink In this lively nonfiction book for young readers, bestselling author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of great writing.
Written in Bone: Buries Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland Reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s; and uncovers the lives of a teenage boy, a ship's captain, a colonial officer, an African slave girl, and others.
A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy Presents the memoirs of Joseph Plumb Martin, a fifteen-year-old boy who enlisted in the revolutionary army in 1776, fighting under Washington, wintering at Valley Forge, and staying in the fight until the end of the war in 1783.
10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War
Presents a collection of illustrated photographs and maps depicting the war in Vietnam from its beginning under French control to the fall of Saigon in 1975, and contains accounts from soldiers and civilians, profiles of those involved, the role of women on the battlefield, and more.
Across America on an Emigrant train
Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America. Includes archival photographs.
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
Profiles thirteen women who challenged social norms and government policies to prove they could be exceptional astronauts.
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Traces the life of female aviator Amelia Earhart from her childhood to her final flight, discusses the extensive search for her and her missing plane, and includes photographs, maps, handwritten notes by Amelia, and sidebars.
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope
Jenna Bush presents a nonfiction account of Ana, a young Latin American mother, who shared with Bush the loss of her parents to AIDS, abuse from her grandmother and aunt, and of her own battle with AIDS.
Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor’s Memoir
Behind Enemy Lines: A Young Pilot’s Story
Presents the true story of Howard DeMallie, a young American pilot who, along with his crew were forced to bail out of their B-17 over occupied Holland during World War II, helped by the Dutch underground, and imprisoned in a German prisoner of war camp.
Ben Franklin’s Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman’s Life
Brings together eighteenth century etchings, artifacts, and quotations to create the effect of a scrapbook of the life of Benjamin Franklin.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The author recounts his harrowing experiences of being trapped for six days in Blue John Canyon in Utah and having to amputate his own right arm in order to save his life.
Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
Provides detailed accounts of twenty-one acts of defiance committed against Nazis in Nazi-occupied countries during World War II.
Big Bad Ironclad: A Civil War Steamship Showdown
Time-traveling Nathan Hale tells the story of the Civil War naval battle between two ironclad ships: the United States' Monitor and the Confederate Merrimack. Includes a time line of the real William B.
Cushing's experiences in the Civil War.
Bill Peet: An Autobiography
The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine American soldiers who were trapped in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993.
Black & White: The Confrontation Between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor
Provides an account of the confrontation between civil rights activist Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth, and Birmingham, Alabama, police chief Eugene "Bull" Connor, who was determined to keep the city's schools, parks, workplaces, and public facilities segregated.
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917
Provides an account of the disaster that occurred on December 6, 1917, when two ships carrying munitions and relief supplies to Europe collided, causing an explosion that leveled the towns of Halifax and Dartmouth and resulted in the deaths of nearly two thousand people.
Blizzard!: The Storm that Changed America
Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.
Bloody Times: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis
Discusses how Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, was blamed for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and describes how the hunt for Davis continued even after Lincoln's body was put in its final resting place.
Bodies from the Ash
Describes the archaeological excavations that began on the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum which had been buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79.
Bodies from the Bog
Describes the discovery of prehistoric bog bodies in northern Europe and the evidence which their remains reveal about themselves and the civilizations in which they lived.
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past
Examines the science of glaciers and looks at some of the discoveries of the past that have been made as the ice masses move and melt, including the preserved frozen remains of Otzi, the oldest human mummy ever found in ice, believed to be at least 5,300 years old.
Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
Examines the history of the atomic bomb, discussing the discovery of the behavior of uranium when placed next to radioactive material, the race to build a bomb, and the impact of the weapon on societies around the world.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
African teenager William Kamkwamba explored science books in his village library when he was forced to drop out of school, and was able to change his family's life by creating a windmill to pump water for his family's farm.
The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily and Anne
An exploration of the lives of the Bronte sisters and the time in which they lived.
The Century that Was: Reflections on the Last One Hundred Years
A collection of essays by well-known authors for young people, reflecting on various aspects of life in twentieth-century America, including politics, the environment, sports, fashion, and civil rights.
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Recounts the twelve-day pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth, covering the chase through Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, with a discussion of Abraham Lincoln as a father, husband, and friend that examines the impact of his death on those close to him.
The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese American Internment Camp: Based on a Classroom Diary
The diary of a third-grade class of Japanese-American children being held with their families in an internment camp during World War II.
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
The author tells the story of her painful childhood in China where she lived until the age of fourteen with her father, stepmother, and siblings, all of whom considered her bad luck because her mother died shortly after giving birth to her.
Curse of the Pharaohs: My Adventures With Mummies
Zahi A. Hawass, currently in charge of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, tells true stories of archaeology and Egypt's treasures.
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories
A collection of true spy stories from throughout the history of the United States, discussing personalities, missions, traitors, technological advances, and more.
Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist
The memoirs of a noted forensic scientist who has helped to unravel numerous investigative mysteries, including the investigations of the remains of conquistador Francisco Pizarro, President Zachary Taylor, and the family of Czar Nicholas II.
Deadly Invaders: Virus Outbreaks from Around the World
The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story
Chronicles the reaction of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to the September 11 attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks, focusing on USAMRIID's top virologist, Peter Jahrling, and his work to combat the possible development of a superpox virus by terrorists worldwide.
Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration
Chronicles the reaction of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to the September 11 attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks, focusing on USAMRIID's top virologist, Peter Jahrling, and his work to combat the possible development of a superpox virus by terrorists worldwide.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl who died in a concentration camp during World War II.
Donner Dinner Party
Presents in graphic novel format the experiences of the Donner Party, a group of eighty-seven individuals that headed West from Illinois in 1846, became trapped in a snowstorm, and was forced to take desperate measures to stay alive.
Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Search for the Smallpox Vaccine
Chronicles Dr. Edward Jenner's efforts to discover a vaccine for the smallpox virus and explains how his discovery impacted the world.
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices
Looks at over fifty emerging and established contemporary Native American artists.
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
Recounts the true story of Kamila Sidiqi, a woman who was forced to support herself and her five siblings after the Taliban seized control of the city of Kabul and her father and brothers fled the country.
Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany
During the Great Depression, Eleanor's family moves from America to Germany, but the war breaks out as her family is crossing the Atlantic, and for years Eleanor struggles to keep her American identity despite the turbulence and upheaval around her.
Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates
Discusses the unearthing of four hominins--Turkana Boy, Lapedo Child, Kennewick Man, and Iceman--and the ways that new technology has helped archaeological specialists to refine their theories and change their view of the past.
Everybody’s Revolution: A New Look at the People Who Won America’s Freedom
Explores the variety of people who participated in the Revolutionary War, including immigrants from all over the world, African-Americans, Native Americans, and women.
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never seen before. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking - suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world. This book explains it. Using politics, psychology, and history for attitude, Eyes Wide Open shows how to see the principles driving events and attitudes, from vested interests to denial to big-country syndrome. Here's the briefing you need to comprehend the twenty-first century.
Faces from the Past: Forgotten People of North America
Describes the discovery of bodies in North America from fifteen to twenty thousand years ago, and discusses the evidence their remains reveal about themselves and the civilizations in which they lived.
The Fairy Ring, or, Elsie and Frances Fool the World
Relates the story of Francis and Elsie, cousins who concocted a story and photographs about fairies because nobody believed Francis could see the tiny men and were surprised when their photographs were found by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who truly believed in fairies.
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
Details the history of Russia's last royal family, the Romanovs.
Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary
Tells the true story of the woman who unwittingly spread deadly bacteria, the epidemiologist who discovered her trail of infection, and the health department that decided her fate. This gripping story follows this tragic disease as it shatters lives from the early twentieth century to today.
Father Abraham: Lincoln and his sons
Photographs and text explore the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his sons, Eddy, Willis, Tad, and Robert, the only son to live past the age of eighteen.
Fatty Legs: A True Story
Margaret Pokiak-Fenton tells the story of her experiences as an eight-year-old Inuit girl in a church-run school in Aklavik, Canada, where her strong will made her the target of a mean-spirited nun.
Fields of Fury: The American Civil War
Richly illustrated with photographs, paintings, and maps, this book examines the causes, events and effects of the American Civil War.
The Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue
On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. Tells the story of a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors.
Five Thousand Years of Slavery
Chronicles the history of slavery around the world over the course of five thousand years, and includes personal accounts, photographs, maps, and suggestions for further reading.
Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and its Legacy
Provides a detailed account of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers in 1911, and examines the impact of this event on the nation's working conditions and labor laws.
Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football’s Make-or-Break Moment
Contains an in-depth examination of the head and brain injuries that are on the rise among football players.
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
Recounts the freedom ride of John Lewis and Jim Zwerg into the South in 1961 as part of the Civil Rights Movement. Freedom Song: Young Voices and the Struggle for Civil Rights
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Presents the story of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 and the major persons and events that contributed to the year-long struggle for equal rights on Montgomery's city buses.
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
Examines how George Washington used espionage during the American Revolutionary War, discussing the Culper Ring, the Sons of Liberty, codes, ciphers, and more.
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
The Giant and How He Humbugged America
A description of the Cardiff Giant mystery in which a man in upstate New York buried a ten-foot-tall, petrified model of a man, which was discovered by well diggers a year later, and set into motion a money-making spectacle.
Good Brother, Bad Brother: The story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
Tells the life stories of nineteenth-century actor Edwin Booth and his actor brother John Wilkes Booth, describing the differences between the two men, chronicling John's assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and examining the impact of John's crime on the Booth family for decades afterward.
The Great War: Stories inspired by Items from the First World War
A collection of short stories inspired by objects connected with World War I in remembrance of the sixteen million people who died in the war.
Growing up in Coal Country
Describes what life was like, especially for children, in coal mines and mining towns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine
The true stories of ten scientists and medical researchers that have endured extreme hardship and discomfort in order to test new discoveries and inventions in the fields of medicine and science.
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
Examines the history of the United States, focusing on events that influenced African-Americans and how they advanced liberty and justice in America.
Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler’s Shadow
A photo-illustrated look at the youth organizations Adolf Hitler founded and used to meet his sociopolitical and military ends; includes profiles of individual Hitler Youth members as well as young people who opposed the Nazis, such as Hans and Sophie Scholl.
The Horrors of Andersonville: Life and Death Inside a Civil War Prison
Tells the story of Andersonville, a Civil War prison camp in Georgia where thousands of Union prisoners died in the last fourteen months of the war, drawing from a variety of documents to consider whether the prison's commandant, Captain Henry Wirz, was justifiably convicted and hanged.
The Hot Zone
Tells the dramatic story of U.S. Army scientists and soldiers who worked to stop the outbreak of a deadly and extremely contagious virus in 1989.
How I Discovered Poetry
A powerful and thought-provoking Civil Rights era memoir from one of America’s most celebrated poets.
How the Beatles Changed the World
When the Beatles burst onto the scene in 1964, they charmed the public with their mop-top haircuts, their playful wit, and their sweetly romantic rock songs--igniting Beatlemania, an intense fandom unlike any before. Their growth as musicians ultimately changed rock and roll into a respected art form--but their conquest of the music world was just the beginning. The band's hit movies changed the way films are made, even to this day.
How to be like Mike: Life Lessons about Basketball’s Best
The author identifies the eleven characteristics of basketball star Michael Jordan that he believes account for Jordan's greatness on and off the court, and shares related anecdotes and quotes collected in over 1,500 interviews.
The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain’s Journey
Sea captain Linda Greenlaw tells the story of a grueling thirty-day swordfishing voyage during which she and her five-man crew encountered savage weather, equipment failure, and sharks, along with the routine work of operating a fishing boat; and discusses other aspects of her unusual career.
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
Presents approximately two hundred color photos of thirty families from twenty-four countries and the foods they eat over the course of one week, and discusses their eating habits; shopping, farming, fishing, or hunting practices; and cooking methods. Each profile includes a family recipe.
I am Scout: the Biography of Harper Lee
An exploration of the life and achievements of Harper Lee that discusses her Southern upbringing, education, family, writing of "To Kill a Mockingbird," association with Truman Capote, and personality.
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler’s List Survivor
The author tells of her experiences in eight concentration camps as a young Jewish woman in World War II Germany, and shares the story of how she and her husband met and fell in love in spite of their situation, and how they were saved by being put on the list to work at Oskar Schindler's factory.
I’ll Pass for Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War
Profiles the lives and service of a number of women who disguised themselves as men and fought during the Civil War.
Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II
Examines the American internment of Japanese Americans and immigrants in concentration camps during World War II, and the struggle of internees to rebuild their lives after they were freed at the end of the war.
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust.
In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers
Provides profiles of over two hundred potential careers for women, discussing education, training, salary, stress levels, and dress code; and includes interviews with women in the professions.
Into the West: From Reconstruction to the Final Days of the American Frontier
Explores U.S. history in the decades following the Civil War, focusing on Reconstruction and the movement of settlers into the West, presenting personal accounts, discussing political developments, and examining the experiences of cowboys, Native Americans, women, and other groups of people in the West.
Into the Wild
Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation four months later. Attempts to discover what led the young man to that point.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense.
Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-ending Search for a Cure
Discusses the history of tuberculosis and the attempts to find a cure.
It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Champion cyclist Lance Armstrong describes his triumph over cancer.
Jefferson’s Children: The Story of One American Family
Shannon Lanier traces his family's relationship to Thomas Jefferson and discusses how his African-American ancestors learned they were related to Jefferson.
Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese-American Evacuation
Eleven-year-old Yuki and her Japanese-American family are uprooted from their home and put in a concentration camp called Topaz.
Kennedy’s Last Days: The Assassination that Defined a Generation
Recounts in gripping detail the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and how a sequence of gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent the nation into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka
Presents a memoir of what it was like to grow up in the 1950s and other almost true stories by American children's author Jon Scieszka.
Lafayette and the American Revolution
Examines the role of the Marquis de Lafayette in the American Revolution, discussing how the nineteen-year-old defied the king of France to join the fight for liberty in the United States.
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
The true story of Immaculee Ilibagizawho endured the murder of her family as a result of genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and how she was able to later forgive those who had killed them.
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
A dual biography of Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary, using photographs, letters, engravings, and cartoons to look at their childhoods, courtship, marriage, children, and other joys and traumas of their years together, including their deaths.
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers
A fictionalized account of how counterfeiter Benjamin Boyd's gang stole the body of Abraham Lincoln and demanded Boyd's release from jail and two hundred thousand dollars as ransom and the efforts of the Secret Service to recover the remains.
Lincoln’s Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Provides an account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, discussing how actor John Wilkes Booth and his fellow Confederate sympathizers hatched their murderous plot, and following the ensuing manhunt, trials, and executions of the conspirators.
The Long Road to Gettysburg
Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway.
The Longitude Prize
The story of John Harrison, inventor of watches and clocks, who spent forty years working on a time-machine which could be used to accurately determine longitude at sea.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Explores neurological disorders and their effects upon the minds and lives of those affected.
Manhunt: The Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer
Offers an hour-by-hour account of the search for John Wilkes Booth in the days following his assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
The Many Rides of Paul Revere
Chronicles Paul Revere's life, describing his childhood as the son of a French immigrant, his work as a silversmith, and his roles in the American Revolution.
Miles to go for Freedom: Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years
Describes the lives of African Americans during the Jim Crow years, a period of legal segregation and discrimination from the 1890s through the 1950s, including photographs and interviews with African Americans who were young during this time and other primary resources.
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
Chronicles a year in the life of Rufa Red Knot B95, also called Moonbird, following him through his migration pattern and discussing the environmental problems that caused the Rufa population to collapsed by nearly eighty percent.
Most Dangerous
The story of Daniel Ellsberg and his decision to steal and publish secret documents about America's involvement in the Vietnam War
Mr. Lincoln’s High-tech War: How the North used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Iron-clads, High-powered Weapons, and More to win the Civil War
Examines how Abraham Lincoln's interest in technology played a role in the outcome of the Civil War; and explains how the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, and other inventions helped the North win the war and rebuild the economy.
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker: The Unlikely Friendship of Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Todd Lincoln
Examines the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley, who offered Mrs. Lincoln support during her years in the White House and after Lincoln's assassination, and explores how Elizabeth's revelations impacted the nation's impressions of Mary.
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi
Presents the history of the group of spies, Holocaust survivors, and lawyers who pursued Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi war criminal, for fifteen years in order to bring him to justice for his leadership role in the killing of thousands of Jews during World War II.
The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans
Explores the use of ocean waves as a renewable energy source.
No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa
In their own words, a variety of teenagers from South Africa talk about their years growing up under apartheid, and about the changes now occurring in their country.
Not Without My Daughter
The true story of Betty Mahmoody's desperate struggle to survive and to escape with her daughter from the alien and frightening culture of Iran.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secret’s Behind What You Eat
Examines the origins of the different food chains that have sustained humans throughout history, discussing how certain foods and cuisines have become a popular part of people's daily diets.
Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience
Presents a collection of letters, stories, poems, reminiscences, and artwork in which Japanese Americans who were uprooted from their homes after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and forced into internment camps, express their feelings about the experience.
Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Life
Presents a collection of illustrated photographs and stories representing the life and career of Eleanor Roosevelt, and examines her White House years, her years as a delegate to the United Nations, and more.
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
The true story of Phineas Gage, whose brain had been pierced by an iron rod in 1848, and who survived and became a case study in how the brain functions.
Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War
Presents an account of the Civil War using photographs taken under the direction of Mathew B. Brady, a famous New York photographer of the day, and provides information on the life and times of Brady as well as the Civil War.
Poop Happened: A History of the World from the Bottom Up
Chronicles the evolution of waste disposal throughout the ages and answers a variety of related questions.
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
Describes the fifty black sailors who refused to work in unsafe and unfair conditions after an explosion in Port Chicago killed 320 servicemen, and how the incident influenced civil rights.
The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine
Presents a biography of Daisy Bates, examining her accomplishments as a civil rights activist, journalist, and organizer, and discussing her role as mentor to the nine African-American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
“The President Has Been Shot!”: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Looks at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and related events, including his funeral and the apprehension of his killer.
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures.
The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence
Describes philosophical, political, and economic shifts around the world that led to what John Adams called the "real revolution" in America--changes in the American mindset--and explains how these changes brought about the explosive events that set off the Revolutionary War.
Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat
In 1914, pellagra, a disease once unheard of in America, was marking thousands with its distinct butterfly-shaped rash. Epidemiologist Joseph Goldberger was tasked with finding a cure.
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
The author tells about the happy life she led in China up until she was twelve-years-old when her family became a target of the Cultural Revolution, and discusses the choice she had to make between denouncing her father and breaking with her family, or refusing to speak against him and losing her future in the Communist Party.
The Saga of Lewis and Clark: Into the Uncharted West
An illustrated chronicle of the Lewis and Clark expedition, featuring excerpts from the journals of expedition members, photographs of equipment, sketches of animals and plant species recorded during the voyage, and other remembrances of the journey.
A Savage Thunder: Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom
Discusses the bloody battle of Antietam, in which General George B. McClellan faced off against General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in Maryland in September of 1862.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Describes how three men worked together to turn a rough-hewn, undersized horse into one of the fastest horses in racing history.
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley
Tells the story of the "H. L. Hunley," the Confederate submarine that in 1864 became the first to ever sink an enemy ship but lay missing on the ocean floor for more than a century, describing its creation, its discovery, skeletons and objects found onboard, and facial reconstructions of several crew members by forensic anthropologists.
She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall
Misty Bernall, mother of one of the teenagers killed at Columbine High School, tells the story of her daughter's life, describing how Cassie had, at one point, started down a troubled path before dedicating her life to God, and sharing the details of the moment when Cassie's affirmation of faith resulted in her death.
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
Sir Charlie Chaplin: The Funniest Man in the World
Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Charlie Chaplin, describing the silent film star and director's impoverished childhood in London and his rise to fame in Hollywood and within the film industry.
Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
A comprehensive review of the events, personalities, and mistakes behind the Stock Market Crash of 1929, featuring photographs, newspaper articles, and cartoons of the day.
Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution
The author reveals the events of her life from age twelve to adulthood when the cultural revolution of Mao Zedong destroyed family customs and life as they knew it.
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to get Back on the Board
Bethany Hamilton shares the story of her lifelong love of surfing, and tells how she was able to recover and return to competition with the help of her family, friends, and faith after losing her arm in a shark attack at the age of thirteen.
Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
Presents a group of interconnected stories that come together in the 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan, following the two Cleveland teenagers who invented Superman as a defender of the powerless, the people who made Superman a media sensation, and the club that spread fear and hate.
Team Moon: How 400,000 people landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
Chronicles the Apollo 11 mission, the spaceflight that landed the first man on Earth's moon on July 20, 1969, emphasizing the contributions and reactions of the thousands of people who made the mission successful.
Ten Days a Madwoman
A biography of Nellie Bly, the pioneering journalist whose showy but substantive stunts skyrocketed her to fame and how she feigned madness and was committed to the insane asylum on Blackwell's Island.
Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick man and the Paleoamerican World
Explores the discovery and identification of the Kennewick Man, a nine thousand year old skeleton whose remains were found in a river bed in Washington State in 1996.
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace – One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson recounts the experiences he had while trying to help impoverished villages in Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya build schools for their children.
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster
Draws on stories from survivors and archival photographs to describe the history of the "Titanic" from its launch to its sinking.
Tom Thumb: The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature
Chronicles the life of Charles S. Stratton, who stopped growing about six months after his birth in 1838 and began performing as a curiosity named Tom Thumb, including discussion regarding ethical questions about exploitation.
Tommy: The Gun that Changed America
Presents the history of the Thompson submachine gun, discussing its development by John Taliaferro Thompson and its use in World War II and by gangsters including Al Capone and John Dillinger.
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
Tells the story of the December 25, 1914 truce between German and British soldiers as they laid down their weapons and met in No Man's Land to celebrate Christmas.
True Stories
Presents ten true stories that include essays, biographies, and travelogues.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
The Upstairs Room
A Dutch Jewish girl describes the two-and-one-half years she spent in hiding in the upstairs bedroom of a farmer's house during World War II.
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
Tells the life story of singer Marian Anderson, describing her famous 1939 Lincoln Memorial performance and explaining how she helped end segregation in the American arts after being refused the right to perform at Washington's Constitution Hall because of the color of her skin.
Want Fries with That?: Obesity and the Supersizing of America
Examines the seriousness of obesity in America, and provides data and statistics on the number one cause of heart disease.
We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
Explores the history of Negro League baseball teams, discussing owners, players, hardships, wins, and losses.
We Refused to Die: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Bataan and Japan
Nineteen year old Idaho ranch kid, Gene Jacobson, decided to join the Army Air Corps. Five months later he was a captive of the Imperial Japanese Army, enduring the Bataan death march and subsequent horrors as a slave laborer in the Philippines and Japan. Of the 207 officers and men who made up Jacobsen's squadron at the beginning of the war, sixty-five survived to return to the United States. We Refused to Die recounts Jacobsen's struggle, against all odds, to remain one of those sixty-five men.
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History
Draws from first-person accounts, journals, interviews and other primary sources to tell the true stories of over seventy young people from a variety of cultures who played a role in the making of the United States, including explorers, patriots, rebels, slaves, miners, and activists.
We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March
Tells the astonishing events before, during, and after the little-known story of the 4,000 black elementary-, middle-, and high school students who voluntarily went to jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in May 1963. Fulfilling Mahatma Gandhi's and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s precept to fill the jails, they succeeded where adults had failed in desegregating one of the most racially violent cities in America.
What Are You?: Voices of Mixed-Race Young People
Many young people of racially mixed backgrounds discuss their feelings about family relationships, prejudice, dating, personal identity, and other issues.
Wild Heart: The Story of Joy Adamson, Author of Born Free
Chronicles the life and work of Joy Adamson, who is best known for her relationship with a lion cub, described in her book "Born Free."
Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
An illustrated history of the witch hunts that took place in colonial-era Salem, Massachusetts, featuring primary source accounts, and describing the victims, accused witches, corrupt officials, and impact of the events on society.
A Woman in the House and Senate: How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country
Profiles a number of the women who have served in the United States Congress.
Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink
In this lively nonfiction book for young readers, bestselling author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of great writing.
Written in Bone: Buries Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
Reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s; and uncovers the lives of a teenage boy, a ship's captain, a colonial officer, an African slave girl, and others.
A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy
Presents the memoirs of Joseph Plumb Martin, a fifteen-year-old boy who enlisted in the revolutionary army in 1776, fighting under Washington, wintering at Valley Forge, and staying in the fight until the end of the war in 1783.